Box Score The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team forced a Game 3 with a 2-1 victory over the Guelph Gryphons on Friday night (Feb. 27) at Varsity Arena.

The two teams head back to Guelph for Game 3 this Sunday afternoon (March 1) at 2 p.m.

After a scoreless first period, rookie forward Kassandra Roache opened the scoring, notching her second of the post season 2:51 into the second.

The Gryphons evened the score six minutes later as Kaitlin Lowy buried a centering pass from Kaitlyn Mora.

U of T went ahead late in the second when Katherine Gale fed first-year forward Becki Bowering the puck for a partial breakaway. The Toronto native was denied on her first attempt but quickly whacked in the rebound for the eventual game-winner.

Toronto held off a 6-on-4 opportunity for the Gryphons late in the third period and fifth-year netminder Nicole Kesteris posted 14 saves in the victory.  

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